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Impressive vs Impressionistic - What's the difference?

impressive | impressionistic |

As adjectives the difference between impressive and impressionistic

is that impressive is making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene while impressionistic is pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.

impressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
  • Capable of being impressed.
  • appealing

    • Antonyms

    * unimpressive

    Derived terms

    * impressiveness

    Related terms

    * impression

    Anagrams

    * permissive

    impressionistic

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
  • Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.
  • Impressible.

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